Games
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Microsoft Takes on Nintendo’s Damon Baker as Head of Portfolio for Xbox
Last week, Damon Baker, who was the Head of Partner Management at Nintendo America, announced his departure from the company. After working there for over twelve years, Baker is leaving Nintendo America to work as the Head of Portfolio for Xbox. Damon Baker Baker revealed the details about the career…
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Mortal Kombat 11 Skips Japan Release Due to Excessively Violent Content
Mortal Kombat 11, the next fighting game by NetherRealm Studios, was announced during The Game Awards. The game was given a release date of April 23rd 2019 for PC and consoles. It seems that Mortal Kombat 11 will be blocked from releasing on Steam in Japan. Mortal Kombat 11 Japan…
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‘Play Like The Pros’ In Rainbow Six Siege’s New “Road to Six Invitational” Playlist
With the Six Invitational event right around the corner, Ubisoft has released a new ‘Discovery’ playlist for Rainbow Six Siege. The new Road to Six Invitational playlist includes more competitive features like the esports map pool, operator Pick and Ban, and more. The Road to S.I. is available now for…
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Upcoming Rainbow Six Siege Pro League Sets Include Maverick, Nomad, Clash, and Kaid
Since its release, Rainbow Six Siege has been adding cosmetics in the form of operator uniforms, headgears, and weapon skins. Every few months, limited time Pro League sets for four new operators are added. For the last season of year three, Ubisoft added Pro League sets for Alibi, Finka, Lion,…
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Rainbow Six Siege Developers Justify Caveira Nerf, Lion Rework Imminent
Rainbow Six Siege’s mid-season patch for operation Wind Bastion brings about some major balance changes. The Y3S4.2 patch is live on the technical test servers. Today, Ubisoft shared a developer blog explaining their reasoning behind some of the upcoming changes, including the controversial Caveira nerf. Caveira Caveira’s Luison had its…
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PUBG’s First “Battlestat” Weapon Skin Has an Extremely Low Drop Chance
Most of today’s games feature cosmetic weapon skins that contribute greatly to its market. While not as large as Counter Strike: Global Offensive, other games like PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds have implemented weapon skins. Earlier this week, the battle royale released the first “Battlestat” weapon skin. The concept of PUBG’s new Battlestat…
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Bethesda Addresses Fallout 76 Free-to-Play Rumors
Fallout 76, the most recent installment in the Fallout franchise, is one of Bethesda’s most unsuccessful titles. In fact, its launch was so rough that, not even three months after launch, rumors about the game going free-to-play have started popping up. The rumors originated after reports of physical copies of…
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Rainbow Six Siege Bug Allows Players to Fuze Reinforced Hatches
Rainbow Six Siege, like many of Ubisoft’s games, is infamous for its bugs and glitches. A newly discovered bug allows players to plant and activate Fuze’s cluster charges on reinforced hatches. Fuze As discovered by Youtuber DBL online, a Rainbow Six Siege bug lets players place cluster charges atop reinforced…
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Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown Sees Highly Successful UK Launch
Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown, the most recent installment in Bandai Namco’s flight sim series, launched on January 18th. The game is yet to be released on PC, but the console launch in the UK was the series’ most successful one to date. Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown Ace Combat…
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Fortnite Breaks Records, Earns $2.4 Billion in 2018
Less than two years since its launch, Fortnite quickly became one of the most played games of all time. Considering its popularity, it should be no surprise that developer Epic Games makes a fortune from the title. According to GamesIndustry.biz, Epic Games profited over $3 billion in 2018, a good chunk of…
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Rainbow Six Siege ‘Lion’ Rework Is Complete, Pro Player Confirms
Last year, Ubisoft stated that Lion, the controversial Rainbow Six Siege operator, is being reworked. The operator was so unbalanced that the developers moved him to a ‘competitive quarantine’ last month. This was an attempt to provide a balanced gameplay experience for professional matches. Four months after the initial announcement, it seems…
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Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Blackout’s New Mode Allows Player Respawns
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 is having an eventful week. The latest update has added a bunch of new content to the game, as the week-long trial for Blackout battle royale begins today. The new “Down But Not Out” game mode allows players to respawn in battle royale. Down…
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Activision Divides Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Players by Labeling Non-Season Pass Owners
A new update to Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 made it so that users who don’t own the season pass are highlighted. A yellow triangle is now visible next to some players’ calling cards in the lobby. It seems that players who have purchased the Black Ops Season Pass…
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Ring of Elysium Season Two Live With New Map, Weapons, and Ability Packs
After a week of teasers, Ring of Elysium’s season two is now live. The major update introduces the highly anticipated Europa Island map. New content in the form of weapons, vehicles, and traversal gadgets have also been added. The contents of the Adventurer Pass Season Two have also been revealed.…
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The Elder Scrolls Online: Elsweyr Expansion Finally Adds Dragons
The Elder Scrolls Online, the MMORPG developed by ZeniMax Online Studios, has loads of new content headed its way. As part of the year-long Season of the Dragon narrative, The Elder Scrolls Online will be getting dragons, a new explorable region called Elsweyr, and more unannounced story DLC throughout this…
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Upcoming Rainbow Six Siege Patch Will Finally Nerf Caveira’s “99 Damage” Pistol
An update to Rainbow Six Siege’s test server brings some very significant balance changes. In addition to a nerf to Caveira, today’s test server patch buffs the SMGs of Clash and Kaid. Caveira Starting off with the biggest change: Caveira’s Luison, the 99 damage sidearm, will now deal a reduced…
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Ubisoft May Revive the Prince of Persia Series
The Prince of Persia game series used to be considered one of Ubisoft’s most well-known releases. After the franchise started going downhill, Ubisoft hit the brakes and shifted focus onto Assassin’s Creed. The last Prince of Persia game from Ubisoft was The Forgotten Sands released in 2010. Since then, we…
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OnePlus Gets Into Esports, Takes on Fnatic as Official Sponsor
The esports industry has grown so much that it’s now normal for companies to sponsor professional teams. The partnership usually involves the sponsor’s name and logo being displayed on the players’ jerseys. In the same way, Chinese smartphone manufacturer OnePlus announced today that they are now the official sponsor of…
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Rainbow Six Siege Bug Confirms Invitational-themed “2019 Collection Pack”
A recent Rainbow Six Siege leak suggested that the game was due for another round of premium cosmetics. The leak hinted that the content will be released via the upcoming ‘Invitational Packs’. It looks like Ubisoft has once again slipped up, as a Rainbow Six Siege bug confirms the existence…
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Soulja Boy’s Latest is a PS Vita Clone That Lets You “Watch E-Books”
2018 was a wacky year, and Soulja Boy launching his own brand of knock-off consoles last month was the cherry on top. Two weeks after the 3DS-clone SouljaGame Handheld went on sale, Nintendo’s legal team contacted the rapper and threatened legal action. Although Soulja Boy is backing off from Nintendo…
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Rainbow Six Siege ‘Invitational Packs’ Leaked, Contain Exceptional Quality Skins and Charms
It seems that Rainbow Six Siege is in for another round of premium cosmetics. A new leak suggests that the previously leaked ‘Invitational’ cosmetics will soon be available via the new ‘Invitational Packs’. Leaker R6SNews released a video showcasing the upcoming cosmetics. Invitational Packs The leaker’s video is in Japanese,…
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Alternate Payment Methods on the Epic Store Might Charge Consumers Extra
Yesterday, Epic announced that their new digital game marketplace now supports 30 different regions in terms of regional pricing. All supported countries are yet to receive local pricing, but Epic’s Sergey Galyonkin says they are on the way. The Epic Games store also changed its refund policy to be more like Steam’s,…
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Epic Revises Store Refund Policy To Stop Abusers
Launched last month, the Epic Games Store took the gaming industry by storm. Its generous revenue share policies quickly attracted many game developers. However, not all was sunshine and rainbows, as the store’s sketchy refund and privacy policies put off many users. Two days ago, Epic made a change to their…
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Ring of Elysium’s New ‘Europa Island’ Map Brings Volcanoes, Submarines, Sea Monsters and more
Ring of Elysium, Tencent’s snow-themed battle royale, is in for a whole bunch of new content. With season one coming to a close, developers have begun teasing the new map ‘Europa Island’. Season two of Ring of Elysium is called ‘Paradise Falls’, and goes live on January 16th. Europa Island…
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Kingdom Hearts 3 Post-Launch Plans Include Epilogue and ‘Secret Movie’
As we approach the release of Kingdom Hearts 3, publisher Square Enix has revealed the post-launch plans for the game. After its release on January 25th, the game will receive a day-one update followed by the addition of an epilogue and a ‘secret movie’. The Japanese release schedule is slightly ahead…
